# Chapter 979: I Don't Want a Future Without Her
Now, due to the large-scale expansion and reproduction of the Mist Bog Blood Vine!
The area around 097 has become an absolute forbidden zone!
Anyone who enters will mutate and be trapped in the altered atmospheric structure!
Unable to get out!
It can be said to be a mud pit—whoever jumps in gets stuck!
Wang Dalei gritted his teeth: "We've already sent reinforcements to 097 twice! The Dragon Abyss Dark Night soldiers who went in were determined to die!"
"At over a dozen outposts bordering Fanguo territory, all have seen crazily reproducing mutated Mist Bog Blood Vine!"
"A lot of manpower is over there controlling the Blood Vine's reproduction. The already-occupied area around 097 also needs people to control the vine's expansion!"
"The situation in the uninhabited zone also needs stabilization. The Western Frontier simply doesn't have enough personnel—there's no one left to deploy. 097 is isolated and without help, yet the soldiers inside are still holding the frontier!"
"Right now, troops are being transferred from the South!"
Jiangnan's face was full of gloom. No wonder Wang Dalei said they were throwing people into 097!
Once Dragon Abyss Dark Night entered, they would mutate and be trapped in the Mist Bog force field!
They couldn't send large forces to suppress it, or everyone would fall into 097—then what about other places on the Western Frontier?
"Where the hell did this damned Mist Bog Blood Vine come from?"
Wang Dalei squinted: "The Brahma Society from Fanguo is behind it! We previously discovered that rain clouds were expanding over a large area in Fanguo's uninhabited zone!"
"We tried to send people to investigate, but they were all stopped by Fanguo on grounds of illegal border crossing!"
"The Mist Bog Blood Vine keeps expanding, even crossing the border and growing wantonly on our territory!"
"They want to use this method to swallow our territory, force us to retreat outside the rain clouds! Abandon the land covered by the Blood Vine!"
"The small country of Yanguo, which borders Fanguo, has already fallen victim to the Brahma Society. Now half of its territory is covered in this mutated Blood Vine!"
Jiangnan clenched his steel teeth!
These Brahma Society guys sure knew how to play—occupying the uninhabited zone this way!
Wanting to force Dragon Abyss Dark Night to retreat, abandon the territory covered by the force field, expand their own territory, and compete for Lingxu resources?
That way, even Wang Dalei couldn't go!
Once Wang Dalei went, he would also be mutated and trapped in the Mist Bog force field!
Losing mobility, the Western Frontier would have no Dao Heaven guarding it!
That would definitely give those petty opportunists a chance!
If he didn't go, he watched 097 be occupied by the Blood Vine. If he went, the Western Frontier would have no one to suppress them!
This move was truly insidious!
Wang Dalei's face darkened: "Mountain Cat and the others went missing while infiltrating Fanguo territory to investigate the Mist Bog Blood Vine!"
Jiangnan clenched his fists: "Mutate or not, I'll go find Mountain Cat myself!"
"She'd better not be in trouble! Otherwise, I'll slaughter every single member of the Brahma Society from top to bottom!"
Wang Dalei said urgently: "Do you even understand what I'm saying?"
"Right now, there's no way to reverse the mutation! We don't even know if it can be reversed!"
"Even if it can, it might take five or ten years to develop a method! During that time, you'll be trapped in the mutated atmosphere!"
"Your future will be ruined!"
Jiangnan looked straight into Wang Dalei's eyes, firm and resolute!
"Then I'll accept that! I don't want a future without Mountain Cat!"
"I only care about the present! I just want her to be okay!"
"Don't try to stop me. You can't stop me either!"
Wang Dalei was furious and frustrated: "You're a stubborn mule! You guys, talk some sense into him!"
Wu Liang and Xiong Er exchanged a glance: "Boss Nan! I'll go pack my things! We'll go tonight!"
With that, they turned and rushed out of the lab!
Zhong Yingxue turned to find Yang Cheng!
"Sister Cheng, could you give me a copy of the data on the mutated Mist Bog Blood Vine? Thanks!"
Xiao Jiuwo and Mila clung tightly to Jiangnan, refusing to let go!
Jiangnan turned to look at everyone, opening his mouth to say something!
Xia Yao stepped forward, covered Jiangnan's mouth with her hand, and chuckled!
"If you're trapped in there for five or ten years, it must be pretty boring, right?"
"I can come with you and play Ludo!"
Jiangnan rubbed his eyes: "This... this lab has such strong wind, it blew something into my eyes!"
Yang Cheng: ???
Liar, this is a dust-free lab! Where does wind or dust come from?
Obviously, Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao each knew the risks of going to 097!
But so what? They would face it together!
Jiangnan's heart felt warm. No matter when, having such a group of comrades by his side, unhesitatingly supporting his decisions—
This might be his greatest treasure!
Wang Dalei fumed: "You... you bunch of... tsk!"
He thought he could persuade Jiangnan, but instead they—
They were already starting to prepare for the operation?
Zi Yuan sighed: "Don't stop him. Jiangnan is the kind of person who would search the entire Void Sea for a 49-person team emblem. Do you think you can stop him?"
Wang Dalei paced back and forth on the spot, looking at Jiangnan's stubborn face, and couldn't help cursing!
"You're my uncle, alright? Fine, go ahead!"
"Sharpen your blade! If you run into the Brahma Society, you know what to do!"
Jiangnan's eyes were icy: "Only blood for blood!"
Yang Cheng raised her hand from the side: "I'll go too. The base lacks field investigation data!"
"Researching at this rate, it'll take ages to find a way to reverse the mutation!"
"I can go to 097 to collect data and cooperate with the base lab's research!"
Wang Dalei was full of worry: "If you go to 097, then we'll have to invite Professor Li over here!"
Yang Cheng's eyes sparkled with admiration, and she exclaimed, "Ooh! The Ice Goddess? If she takes over, she'll definitely figure it out!"
"She's a legend in the research community!"
Jiangnan was confused: "Who? Professor Li? Ice Goddess? Sister Li Bing?"
Yang Cheng bounced over excitedly, grabbing Jiangnan's sleeve!
"You know the Ice Goddess? Gosh! You have no idea how amazing she is! That paper she published back then..."
The freckled girl was already lost in self-intoxication!
Jiangnan broke out in a cold sweat. Sister Li Bing was that famous?
She was pretty laid-back as the school doctor at Pioneer Academy!
What kind of immortals did the academy have?
Jiangnan didn't want to waste a single second. Until he found Mountain Cat, his heart would remain clenched!
...
On the helipad, Xiao Jiuwo had transformed into thirty meters and was ready to take off!
The entire team stood on Xiao Jiuwo's back. The petite Yang Cheng's face turned pale with fear!
She clung tightly to Liu Mang's arm, refusing to let go!
(ૢ⁼̴̤̆ꇴ⁼̴̤̆(˃᷄～˂᷅๑)
She was a researcher, only at Gold rank one. Although she had been working at the forward outpost base, she had never entered the uninhabited zone!
Going to 097 this time took a lot of courage!
Liu Mang, at this moment, had a blissful expression!
Zhang San tugged at Yang Cheng's sleeve!
(ૢ⁼̴̤̆ꇴ⁼̴̤̆(˃᷄～˂᷅๑)٩(･᷄◠･᷅)
"Don't just cling to him. Cling to me! I don't mind. He already has Ai Jiang. I've got nothing!"
Yang Cheng's expression suddenly turned terrified: "Who... who are you? When did you appear here?"
Zhang San's mouth twitched: "I'm here to protect you. At least remember my name, okay?"
Jiangnan turned to look at Liu Mang, his expression complicated!
"You guys don't have to come with me. I can protect Yang Cheng on my own!"
"Once we enter the Mist Bog force field, we'll mutate!"
Liu Mang waved his hand carelessly, grinning: "I haven't had enough of hanging out with you yet! We came out alive from the Void Sea. What's a little Mist Bog Blood Vine?"
Zhang San shrugged: "Whether you bring me or not doesn't make a difference, right? I'll just tag along!"
I'm so loyal, Boss Nan must be really touched, right?
But Jiangnan's gaze didn't even land on Zhang San. By the time Zhang San finished speaking, Jiangnan had already turned away!
Zhang San: ...
I suddenly don't want to go!
Just as Xiao Jiuwo was about to take off, Zi Yuan hurried over!
"The day I dreamed about was the 13th! Adding the time difference between the team's discovery and the information transmission..."
"That means there's about three and a half days left until Mountain Cat and the others are found and their deaths confirmed!"
"Hurry up! The faster you find them, the better! You've created a miracle once. You can definitely do it again this time!"
Jiangnan nodded heavily at Zi Yuan: "Take care of the bunnies!"
Xiao Jiuwo shot into the sky with everyone on her back!
With the blessing of Celestial Movement, at over three times the speed of sound, they flew straight toward the 097 outpost!
But Jiangnan wasn't satisfied. He used wormholes combined with teleportation consecutively!
Pushing the speed to the limit!
Yang Cheng, who had never experienced such extreme speed, was about to pee her pants!
At this moment, Zhong Yingxue watched Jiangnan's gloomy expression, her eyes full of worry!
She knew exactly how important Mountain Cat was to Jiangnan!
No one knew what storm was brewing in Jiangnan's heart right now!
Along the way, they encountered numerous groups of flying spirit beasts, blood crows and the like. Jiangnan shook them all off at high speed, heading straight for 097!
It only took two and a half hours to reach the edge of the Western Frontier!
They could already see the thick rain clouds, covering a large area of the uninhabited zone!
☁︎‧̣̥̇☁︎‧̣̥̇☁︎‧̣̥̇☁︎
Almost completely blocking the sunlight, the visibility became dim!
Under the rain clouds, countless thick Mist Bog Blood Vines could be seen crawling everywhere!
Their branches stretched wantonly, like demonic snakes crawling out of hell, with purple flowers blooming!
In the sky, yellow-green rain poured down like a torrent, and a pungent smell hit the face!
Even the rain had dissolved large amounts of chlorine gas. In the forbidden zone, apart from the Blood Vine—
All other plants were killed and withered by the chlorine rain!
Xia Yao was shocked: "Is... is this really Blue Star?"
Outside the forbidden zone, many Dragon Abyss Dark Night soldiers in biochemical suits were using fireballs from a distance to hit the edge of the forbidden zone!
Burning the Blood Vine, a circle of towering flames had already ignited around the edge of the forbidden zone!
Black smoke billowed, sparks flew wildly into the sky—a truly shocking scene!
But this only temporarily slowed the spread of the Blood Vine. The force field was still slowly expanding!
And outside the forbidden zone, an Steel Dragon City was parked. A large number of Dragon Abyss soldiers jumped out of the vehicle!
They were assembling!
Jiangnan slowed down, diving straight down!
---
Author's note: